Tomorrow, my life changes (cataract surgery)

Good luck!

Whites will be brighter, like you changed laundry detergent. Lol

The new tech is amazing, that entire corrective custom lenses really ups the results.

The doctor's office visit was good. I lost the patch and I can see 20/20 out of my right eye. The left eye is to be done later this month.

I was told I probably have lens cataracts on my last visit to the optometrist. Both he and my wife are pushing me to get the lens replacement done, but I'm not a big fan of "surgical procedures", even if what I hear about the "procedure" is almost always positive. Been wearing glasses since I was a kid in 5th grade, so 10 years old (1955).

This is just like my luck: I just starting buying glasses from Zenni for 10 bucks, and now they tell me I can get it "surgically corrected", but for ~$4500.

I started wearing glasses when I was in the third grade. I was really near-sighted so without my glasses I could hardly see anything clear that wasn't within a foot of my eyeballs. But even though I couldn't function without them, I hated wearing glasses. They were always getting in my way as well as making activities I wanted to do much more complicated, things like SCUBA diving, water skiing, snow skiing, etc. Added to that was the stress over breaking or losing them. Soft contacts were a bit better but also had their own challenges. Getting to shed those glasses was a great thing for me.

But everyone has to know their own comfort level. Though statistically cataract surgery is extremely safe with few complications, and is pretty dang effective, there is always the chance of problems arising, sometimes catastrophic complications. There also comes a time when the risk may outweigh the potential benefit due to age factors. I think any surgery past the age of 70 really needs to take that into consideration, especially surgeries that are not necessary.

Additionally, it should be noted that vision after cataract surgery can still degrade. Often there needs to be a laser treatment post surgery and vision may over a few years regress slightly, meaning that the some individuals may need to wear glasses for reading or to sharpen vision. It's an imperfect solution to cataracts.

Rumi